The
Very Rev. David M. O’Connell, C.M., President, has announced the appointment of
Ann Marie T. Brooks as dean of the School of Nursing at The Catholic University
of America, effective August 1, 2000.

Dean
Brooks earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in nursing from CUA.
She also earned a Master of Business Administration from Loyola College in
Baltimore and is working on a Master of Arts in Intercultural Communication
from Antioch University in Ohio.

Currently
a consultant with Shelley and Associates, Dean Brooks served for two years as
chief of nursing affairs at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia. From 1988 to 1997, she was senior director and director of nursing at
Strong Memorial Hospital, and associate dean for nursing practice and professor
of clinical nursing at the University of Rochester’s School of Nursing.

She
was director of nursing at the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Baltimore,
and chairperson of the Department of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing at
the Rush College of Nursing, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center in
Chicago.

Her
many honors include a 1998 Distinguished Alumni Award from the CUA Alumni
Association.

Dean
Brooks also served as a captain in the United States Army Reserve.

Father
O’Connell expressed great excitement and enthusiasm regarding Dean Brooks’
appointment. "The School of Nursing at CUA has long been one of America’s
premier nursing schools, placing its graduates in some of the most prominent
national and international positions in health care. Dr. Brooks brings with her
to the university excellent credentials, a wealth of experience and a
commitment to the institution’s Catholic mission. Her appointment bodes well
for our future investment in the education and training of nursing and health
care professionals."

The
President expressed the university’s, as well as his own personal gratitude to
outgoing dean, Sister Mary Jean Flaherty, S.C., as she returns to her position on
the faculty. "Sister Mary Jean’s dedication, leadership and service have
clearly paved the way for a new century of excellence at CUA."